February 11, 2014 Double-Crested Cormorant With Fish at Veterans Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada
Double-Crested Cormorant With Fish
Veterans Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, USA
Canon EOS 1D X, 600 f4 IS II & 2x III, 1/750 sec, f9.5, ISO 320
Image taken on February 10, 2014.
I had a blast photographing birds at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City, Nevada, yesterday morning. There are two man-made ponds, with a fairly-realistic edge, and it's possible to set up close to water level. There were lots of Double-Crested Cormorants and Ring-Necked Ducks, quite a few Mallards, some Redhead Ducks and Lesser Scaups, and two Rudy Ducks. An Osprey made two passes over the ponds too. My favorite image is of this Double-Crested Cormorant with a fish. I photographed three different catches. The cormorant was facing away from me for the first and third, but was turned sideways for this second catch so I could see the cormorant's face.
